Mirror attachment for dressers



(No Model.)

. T. W. NOXON.

MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR DRESSERS ,&o. Patented July 16, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOWNSEND W. NOXON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MIRROR- ATTACHMENT FOR DRESSERS, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,860, dated July 16, 1895.

Application filed May 6, 1895. Serial No. 548,200. (No model.)

17b 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TOWNSEND W. NoxoN, of'the. city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirror Attachments for Dressers, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a mirror attachment for dressers, &c.; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete mirror attachment. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the preferred form of mirror I make use of. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on the indicatedline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of one of the ends of the hanger of the mirror. Fig. 5 is aview in per spective of one of the straps used in attaching my improved device to the dresser, stand, or Wall. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a standard of which I make use and the means employed to adjust the mirror-carrying arm. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring by numerals to the accompanyin g drawings, 1 indicates a standard that may be of any length and diameter desired, and said standard is preferably provided with ornamentcd ends 2 of any suitable design. This standard 1 may be either a solid rod, of wood or metal, or it may be in the form of a tube, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

3 3 indicate metallic straps, in one end of which are formed a series of apertures at, by means of which screws or analogous fastening devices are brought into use in securing said'straps to a dresser, stand, or to the wall. The opposite ends of these straps 3 are bent at right angles to the portions in which the apertures 4 are located, and the ends of said bent portions are formed into loops or clasps 5. Screw-bolts 6 pass through said outwardlybent portions and through the ends of the loops 5, and upon said bolts are located ordinary winged nuts 7. By loosening these winged nuts 7 the standard 1 may be moved to any desired height within its limit of travel and by tightening said winged nuts the clamps 5 will tightly engage the standard and hold the same at the desired height.

8 8 indicate loops, the rear ends of which are of such a size as to inclose and freely slide upon the standard 1. The rear ends of said loops 8 are connected by a vertical plate 9. Pivoted upon a pin 10, extending through the sides of the upper loop, is a plate or tongue 11, the same extending downwardly and through the lower loop.

12 indicates a pin that is journaled in the sides of the lower loop, and upon said pin, within said lower loop, is fixed an eccentric 13. Wings 14 are fixed upon the pin 12 outside the loop and serve as means for operating said pin and eccentric. When said pin is partially rotated, the end of the eccentric 13 will engage against the lower end of the tongue 11 and the same will engage against the side of the standard 1. Thus the loops 8 are made vertically adjustable upon the standard 1, and said loops may be moved to any point along said standard by partially rotating the pin 12, which moves the eccentric 13 away from the tongue 11.

15 indicates a segmental or semicircular arm that passes through the forward ends of the loops 8. A U-shaped spring 16 is fixed at one end between the sides of the upper loop 8, and the free portion of said spring 16 bears directly upon the rear side of the arm 15 and causes the same to engage with the front inner edges of the loops 8. A loop 17 isremovably located upon the upper end of the arm 15 by means of a ferrule 18.

19 indicates a mirror that may be of any form and size desired, and said mirror is inclosed in a suitable metallic frame 20. Extending horizontally across the rear side of said mirror-frame 20 and at the centerthereof is a tube 21, that is reinforced by a heavier tube 22.

23 indicates a rectanguarly-bent hanger,

. ror 19 is held at any angle desired relative to the hanger 23.

The arm 15 may be at any time desired swung to any angle relative to the standard 1. It is the intention that my improved attachment be located upon dressers, though it is obvious that the same may be applied to stands or other articles of furniture or direct to the wall.

Vhen the attachment is used in railwaycars, vessels, &c., flexible stays, such as chains or cords, are extended from the hanger 23 to some stationary object in order to hold the mirror in a fixed position.

Thus will be seen that I have constructed a mirror attachment for dressers that is adjustable a number of ways, is easily and expeditiously operated, is neat and finished in appearance, and possesses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

I claim- 1. In a device of the class described, a pair of straps adapted to be rigidly fixed to a stationary object, a standard held by and vertically adjustable in said straps, a pair of loops fixed for vertical adjustment upon said standard, a semi-circular arm adjustably carried by said loops, a hanger carried, by the outer end of said arm, and a mirror adjustably connected to said hanger.

2. In a mirror attachment for dressers, the

' combination of a vertically adjustable standard, a pair of loops arranged to slide upon said standard, a tongue pivoted in the upper loop, an eccentric arranged in the lower loop for causing said tongue to engage the vertical standard, and a mirror-carrying arm adjustably held in the forward ends of said loops.

3. The combination of a vertically adjustable standard, a pair of loops adjustable vertically upon said standard, a semi-circular arm adj ustably carried by the forward ends of said loops, a hanger carried by the outer upper end of said arm, the inwardly bent ends of said hanger being split, a mirror-frame, a loop extending horizontally across the rear side of said frame in which the split ends of the hanger engage, and a mirror carried by said frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TOWNSEND W. NOXON. \Vitnesses:

EDWARD EVERETT LONGAN, J OHN 0. Hammer. 

